USS Boxer underway on 18 August 2011
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Boxer |
Namesake | USS Boxer (CV-21) |
Awarded | 3 October 1988 |
Builder | Ingalls Shipbuilding |
Laid down | 18 April 1991 |
Launched | 13 August 1993 |
Sponsored by | Becky Miller |
Christened | 28 August 1993 |
Commissioned | 11 February 1995 |
Homeport | San Diego |
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Motto | Honor, Courage, Strength |
Status | in active service |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Wasp-class amphibious assault ship |
Displacement | 40,500 long tons (41,150 t) full load |
Length | 843 ft (257 m) |
Beam | 104 ft (31.8 m) |
Draft | 27 ft (8.1 m) |
Propulsion | Two boilers, two geared steam turbines, two shafts, 70,000 shp (52,000 kW); |
Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
Range | 9,500 nautical miles (17,600 km; 10,900 mi) at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph) |
Well deck dimensions | 266-by-50-foot (81 by 15.2 m) by 28-foot (8.5 m) high |
Boats & landing craft carried | |
Troops | 1,687 troops (plus 184 surge) Marine detachment |
Complement | 1,208 |
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USS Boxer (LHD-4) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy.[2] She is the sixth U.S. ship to bear the name of the original HMS Boxer, which was captured from the British during the War of 1812.